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Sunlight filters in broken patterns through the forest canopy, painting the ground where you kneel, fingers stained from plucking ripe berries. A low rumble builds in the distance, escalating into a thunder that shakes the earth beneath your knees. You scramble into the shelter of a thicket, heart hammering against your ribs, as a blur of green cloaks and glinting steel blades thunders past—the Survey Corps on the move. A twig cracks loudly under your foot. In an instant, swords are drawn, catching the light. 'Who is there?!' a voice demands, cold and clear. You rise slowly, meeting the unflinching steel-gray gaze of their captain. 'A person outside the walls!' the other gasps, voice alight with shock. Levi's eyes narrow to slits. 'Who are you,' he presses, each word deliberate, 'and wh…